Quoted from stangbat:StevenP said:None of that stuff is covered by a patent (or copyright or trademark, for that matter), and no license is needed. Find a manufacturer to make it and you can buy and use as many of these things as you want, free and clear.
Yes, I know most of the patents are probably long expired, if they were patented in the first place. You summed it up better than me with your previous post.
Yeah. There seem to be about 60 'live' WMS patents: PP has 40, Gene has 20. In fact, Stern uses the same trough--I wonder if they have an agreement in place?